Dish-washer.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.'

A. M. DUNDER. DISH WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1902.

. @trennung Nrrnn STATE-s t PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA M. DUNDER, OF CRETE, NEBRASKA.

DISH-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 718,107, dated January13, 1903.

Application filed September 2, 1902.

To @all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ANNA M. DUNDER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,residing at Crete, in the county of Saline and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDish-Vashers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dish-washing machines, and particularly tothat class known as rotary washers and drainers.

The object of the invention is to provide a dish-washer having acarrier, a receptacle in which the carrier rotates a tank for containingwater, means for elevating the water from the receptacle to the tank andfor conducting the water from the tank and distributing it against thedishes in the carrier.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce means forchanging the position of the tank and for retaining it in such adjustedposition.

Furthermore, the objectjof the invention is to provide novel means forconductingthe water from the tank and for controlling the flow from saidtank.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide flexiblewater-conductors, terminating within the receptacle in such position asto cause the water to impinge the dishes in the carrier; and theinvention further contemplates the provision of novel means for rotatingthe carrier and for utilizing the water as it passes from the flexibleconnection for assisting;` in the rotation ot the power-shaft, saidmeans further assisting in distributing the water over the upper surfaceof the contents of the carrier.

Finally, the object of the invention is to produce a dish washer anddrainer efficient and satisfactoryin use and comparatively in-`expensive to produce.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of the speciiicatiomwherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts and in which the gure is a view inelevation, partly in section.

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Serial No. 121,767. (No modelJ In the drawing, 1 indicates a receptaclecylindrical in form, having its bottom on an incline, suitably supportedon legs 2. Upright standards 3 and 4 are secured at the lower end to ahorizontal cross-piece on the top of the receptacle and at theiropposite ends are connected by a cross-piece 5. A tank 6, which hasforked arms at the top and bottom engaging the upright standards andacting as guides, is held in an elevated position by levers '7. The endsS of the levers seat in notches in the upright standards, the leversbeing held in a fixed position by a spring 9 interposed between thelower ends of the levers. When it is desired to lower the tank, the armsof the levers are pressed together, which action withdraws the ends ofthe levers from notches in the upright standards, and-the tank can belowered to any height desired for the purpose of cleaning the Flexiblewater-conductors 10 are connected to the bottom of the tank, and theflow of water through the iiexible conductors is controlled by means ofrubber valves,which are held .closed by spiral springs connected toChains or ropes 11 are connected to the valves and have connections runthrough an opening in the top of the tank, thence downward to withinconvenient reach of the operator. The fiexible water-conductors extenddownward, and three of said conductors terminate on different sides ofthe receptacle, while the fourth is so arranged that it terminates closeto a small drivingwheel l2, pivoted on the power-shaft 13. Thedriving-wheel has bevel-gearing on one side and paddles ou itsoutersurface, against which the water flows and assists in rotating thecarrier 14 and at the same time scattering the water over the uppersurface of the contents of the receptacle.

The carrier 14 is made of wire which ad mits the spray from theconductors to impinge the dishes in the carrier. It is mounted on anupright shaft 15, the lower end of which is journaled in anantifriction-bearing 16 in the bottom of the receptacle.` A bevelgearwheel is secured to the upper end of said shaft and meshes with thebevel-gear on the side of the driving-wheel.

A sprocket-wheel 1S is secured near the top of the upright, and near thebottom of the re- IOO ceptacle onitsinnersurface another sprocketwheel19 is secured,over which travels an endless cliain 20, attached to whichare buckets 21. Motion is imparted to the endless chain by means of asprocket- Wheel 22 on the power-shaft over which the endless chain iscaused to travel when power is applied to the shaft. As the endlesschain travels the buckets are carried to the bottom of the receptacle,and being in a horizontal position Water enters therein and is carriedup and deposited in a chute 23, which communicates With the tank.

The construction, operation, and advantages it is thought will beunderstood from the foregoing description, it being noted that variouschanges may be made in the proportions and details of constructionwithout departing from the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a dish-Washer, a receptacle, a carrier journaled in thereceptacle,means for rotating the carrier, a tank suitably supportedabove the receptacle, means for releasing said tank, flexiblewater-conductors attached to the bottom of the tank, valves seated inthe bottom of the tank for controlling the flow of Water through theconductors, means for opening and closing the valves, an endless chaincarrying buckets thereon, sprocket-Wheels over which the endlessl chaintravels and means for conducting the Water from the buckets to the tankas and for the purpose described.

2. In a dish-washing machine, a receptacle, a carrier journaled in thereceptacle, means forrotating the carrier, a Jtank suitably supportedabove the receptacle, means for guiding and releasing the tank from itsadjusted position, iiexible Waterconductors secured to the bottom of thetank, and means for elevating the Water from the receptacle to the tank.

3. In a dish-washer, a receptacle, a carrier journaled Within thereceptacle, a driving- Wheel on the power-shaft and means for conductingthe Water against the paddles of the driving-wheel Wherebythe rotationof the carrier is assisted, a tank, means for elevating waterfrom thereceptacle to the tank and means for conducting the Water from the tankto the receptacle as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature, in the presence of tWoWitnesses, this 29th day of July, 1902.

ANNA M. DUNDER.

XVltnesses:

H. H. WILSON, CLAUDE S. WILSON.

